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    "id": 1417508,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1417508/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi West, MCCP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwengi Mutuse",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, the third piece of legislation that was sought to be amended is the Office of the Attorney-General Act. The amendment speaks to the Public Seal of the Republic of Kenya currently deposited with the Attorney-General. This amendment was seeking to move it from the Office of the Attorney-General to the Office of the Head of Public Service. The Committee in its wisdom thought that was a misnomer. It is important for the House to know that the Public Seal is a constitutional symbol provided for in the Schedules to the Constitution. Therefore, it is not an option. The emblem itself is provided for in the Constitution and it must be treated with a lot of seriousness. The Attorney-General, being the office created by the Constitution under Article 156 as the Chief Legal Advisor to the Government even on matters of contracts, is the best placed office to be deposited the Public Seal. The Committee thought that amendment in itself was mischievous and there was possibility, if the Public Seal is moved from the Office of the Attorney-General to an office within the presidency, to be subject to abuse. There may be a good President today, and a bad one tomorrow. So, we must legislate for posterity."
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